24 January 2016 Current Affairs

French President Hollande arrived India for 3-day visit

French President Francois Hollande reached Chandigarh,India on 24 January 2016 for his three-day visit to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande attended the Indo-French CEO’s forum and a business summit. Hollande is the chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations. Hollande had expressed his desire to visit Chandigarh, one of the few planned cities in the country, designed by famous French architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s and 1960s. President Hollande is likely to visit Chandigarh’s ‘Capitol Complex’, Sector 17 Plaza (the city’s commercial and business centre), Tagore Theatre and the Le Corbusier Centre in Sector 19.


PM presents National Bravery Awards to children

“The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 24 January 2016 presented the National Bravery Awards to 25 children. He also released the book Life progression of ICCW National Bravery Awardees .Every year, Indian children between the ages of 6 to 18 are felicitated for their commendable acts of bravery.This year, eight children from the southern part of the country, including six from Kerala and two from Telangana, are among the 25 National Bravery Award winners.Of the 25 winners, 22 are boys and 3 are girls. The awardees will also perform at the Republic Day Parade.The National Bravery Award was started by the Indian Council for Child Welfare(ICCW) in 1957 to give awards to children between the ages of 6 to 18 for their brave deeds. The awards consists of the following categories:
The Bharat Award, since 1987
The Sanjay Chopra Award, since 1978
The Geeta Chopra Award, since 1978
The Bapu Gaidhani Award, since 1988
General National Bravery Awards, since 1957
The Bharat award winner gets a gold medal, while the rest get a silver medal. Each child is also given financial assistance to complete his or her schooling, as a part of ICCW’s sponsorship programme, under the Indira Gandhi scholarship scheme.”


Nepal’s Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Forms New Party

Nepal’s ex-prime minister Baburam Bhattarai,quit from Prachanda-led UCPN-Maoist and on 24 January 2016 formed his political outfit comprising former Maoists.Mr Bhattarai, announced a 35-member Interim Central Council of the party named ‘New Force Nepal’ but said the council will eventually have 265 members.. The Interim Council mostly includes former government officials and technocrats. Prominent members include artist Karishma Manandhar, political analyst Mumaram Khanal, former bureaucrat Rameshwor Khanal, senior Maoist leader Devendra Poudyal, Madhesi leaders Ramchandra Jha and Ramrijhan Yadav.


7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Alaska

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Alaska on 24 January 2016, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake’s epicenter hit near Cook Inlet, 162 miles southwest of Anchorage. It was about 50 miles deep.


Mumbai, Delhi among top Asia Pacific cities for millionaires’

India’s financial hub Mumbai, which is home to 41,200 millionaires, and national capital Delhi, which houses 20,600 high net worth individuals, have been named among the top Asia Pacific cities for HNIs. According to the Asia Pacific 2016 Wealth Report, by New World Wealth, Tokyo is the top Asia Pacific city for the ultra-rich with 2,64,000 millionaires, while Mumbai and Delhi got featured in the 12th and 20th rank respectively. High Net Worth Individuals or HNWIs (millionaires) were defined as those individuals with net assets of USD 1 million or more. Over the past 10 years, Jakarta was the fastest growing major city in Asia Pacific in terms of millionaire growth followed by Hangzhou and Tianjin in the second and third place respectively.Mumbai and Delhi closed the top five cities as they registered a growth of 357 per cent and 335 per cent respectively between 2000-2015.In terms of number of multi-millionaires (individuals with net assets of USD 10 million or more), Hong Kong topped the list with 9,650 such individuals, while Mumbai was ranked at the eighth place with 2,690 super-rich people and Delhi was placed at the 14th place with 1,340 such individuals. According to the report, the six cities include Kolkata which is home to 8,700 HNWIs, Hyderabad (7,800), Bangalore (6,700), Chennai (6,000), Pune (3,800) and Ahmedabad (3,700). For multi-millionaires, the emerging Indian cities include, Kolkata (560 such individuals), Hyderabad (510), Bengaluru (430), Chennai (390), Pune (240) and Ahmedabad (230). India is home to the fourth largest population of millionaires in the Asia Pacific region, with 2.36 lakh such high net worth individuals.At the end of 2015, there were, 12,60,000 millionaires in Japan, while China ranked second with 654,000 HNWIs and Australia was at the third place had 290,000.


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